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Ever thought about how much energy it takes to make pasta? (www.sciencealert.com)
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Oddly, I hadn't put much thought into the energy costs of cooking pasta before....

This article estimates the UK spends £4,690,000 per week on it! And suggests possibly greener ways of cooking it. It's a small amount per person, but there's a lot of people (I hope) making pasta!

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[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sorry, I was maybe too harsh there. I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing to talk about. But I have observed with environmentalism a tendency to focus too much on changes that are of marginal consequence at the expense of changes that are more impactful. After all, we all have a limited amount of time and energy to devote.

Edit: To demonstrate, boiling 1 liter of water in an electric kettle emits 70g of carbon according to one person on the Internet (I'll assume that's generally true). In contrast, a flight produces 101g per km per passenger. Taking just one flight per year would dwarf any amount of spaghetti someone could eat.